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Perceptions of students in health and molecular life sciences regarding pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing evidence is demonstrating that a patient's unique genetic profile can be used to detect the disease's onset, prevent its progression, and optimize its treatment. This led to the increased global efforts to implement personalized medicine (PM) and pharmacogenomics (PG) in clinical practice. Here we investigated the perceptions of students from different universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) towards PG/PM as well as related ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI). This descriptive, cross-sectional study is based on the survey of 559 students from the Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, Health Studies, Genetics, and Bioengineering and other study programs.

Results

Our results showed that 50% of students heard about personal genome testing companies and 69% consider having a genetic test done. A majority of students (57%) agreed that PM represents a promising healthcare model, and 40% of students agreed that their study program is well designed for understanding PG/PM. This latter opinion seems to be particularly influenced by the field of study (7.23, CI 1.99-26.2, p?=?0.003). Students with this opinion are also more willing to continue their postgraduate education in the PM (OR?=?4.68, CI 2.59-8.47, p?ConclusionsOur results indicate a positive attitude of biomedical students in Bosnia and Herzegovina towards genetic testing and personalized medicine. Importantly, our results emphasize the key importance of pharmacogenomic education for more efficient translation of precision medicine into clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Mahmutovic L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6234656 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perceptions of students in health and molecular life sciences regarding pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine.

Mahmutovic Lejla L Akcesme Betul B Durakovic Camil C Akcesme Faruk Berat FB Maric Aida A Adilovic Muhamed M Hamad Nour N Wjst Matthias M Feeney Oliver O Semiz Sabina S

Human genomics 20181114 1

<h4>Background</h4>Increasing evidence is demonstrating that a patient's unique genetic profile can be used to detect the disease's onset, prevent its progression, and optimize its treatment. This led to the increased global efforts to implement personalized medicine (PM) and pharmacogenomics (PG) in clinical practice. Here we investigated the perceptions of students from different universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) towards PG/PM as well as related ethical, legal, and social implication ...[more]

PMID: 30424805

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Perceptions of students in health and molecular life sciences regarding pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine.

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Perceptions of students in health and molecular life sciences regarding pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine.

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